“LA County had another night of unimaginable terror and heartbreak,” LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said.
Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle to contain the Pacific Palisades inferno, but spreading flames and strong winds still threatened communities in the populous San Fernando Valley.
Six simultaneous blazes that have ripped across the second-largest US city since Tuesday have killed at least 16 people. The police chief said a further 16 were missing.“I’ve got search and rescue teams out. We’ve got cadaver dogs out and there’s likely to be a lot more,” he told NBC’sNewsom said the fires were likely to be the worst natural disaster in US history “in terms of just the costs associated with it”.
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger told reporters she invited Trump – who takes office on January 20 – to visit the county to get a first-hand look at the destruction. Cal Fire official Todd Hopkins told a press conference the fire had spread into the Mandeville Canyon and threatened to jump into Brentwood, an upscale neighbourhood that is home to many celebrities, and the San Fernando Valley. It also inched towards the north-south 405 freeway.
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